ice out

English

Verb

ice (someone) out (third-person singular simple present ices out, present participle icing out, simple past and past participle iced out)

1. To shun; to give the cold shoulder.
   • 2012, Abby Grahame, Wentworth Hall:

     Instead, she chose to ice him out without a glance as they passed on the stairs.

   • 2016, Sarah Schulman, Conflict Is Not Abuse:

     In listening to him, I came to believe that the same personality type who would ice out or attack someone without talking to them first out of false “loyalty” would be the same person who would later be unable to apologize.

   • 2017, Genevieve Shaw Brown, The Happiest Mommy You Know:

     He's really more the type to ice you out until whatever the issue is passes.

   • 2019, Kristy Woodson Harvey, The Southern Side of Paradise:

     “Why do I get the feeling that you're mad at us?” Sloane asked. I didn't respond. If they could ice me out, I could ice them out, too.

   • 2021 February 15, Jack Nicas, “Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.

2. To cover with diamonds.

   Synonym: bust down

   • 2019 March 29, “Leave Em Alone” (track 18), in Layton Greene (lyrics), Quality Control: Control the Streets, Vol. 2‎:

     He pay it on time when the rent due
     Made him ice out my neck and the wrist too

   • 2022 February 18, “ENEMIES” (track 3), in DC The Don (lyrics), My Own Worst Enemy‎:

     Diamonds bitin heavily […]
     Ice out my bitch, I get fried and do bougie things

See also

• freeze out